‘Hoe of the Dragon’ Introduced (And Promptly Killed) a Gay Character | Them

Contents:

• HOE OF THE DRAGON FALLY DID RIGHT BY SOME OF ITS GAY CHARACTERS
• HOE OF THE DRAGON INTRODUCED (AND PROMPTLY KILLED) A GAY CHARACTER
• HOE OF THE DRAGON TRODUC GAY CHARACTER AND FANS ARE ECSTATIC: ‘THE GAY ANGST IS PALPABLE’
• IS RHAENYRA TARGARYEN GAY HOE OF THE DRAGON?
• 'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE
• IS LAENOR VELARYON GAY ‘HOE OF THE DRAGON?’
• GAME OF THRON SP-OFF HOE OF THE DRAGON PRAISED FOR SERLY ‘GAY VIB’
• IS "HOE OF THE DRAGON" BURYG ITS GAYS?

HOE OF THE DRAGON FALLY DID RIGHT BY SOME OF ITS GAY CHARACTERS

Warng: Spoilers for Hoe of the Dragon ’s Hoe of the Dragon may be a show full of giant dragons and spooky propheci, but s cisn to spare not one, but two gay characters seemgly sted for ath somehow feels even more a massive change om Gee R.

I know ’s Game of Thron, but to have our heroe workg to kill the gay hband she says she lov her own way jt for some ct-y schemg? You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web my gay ass shippg Rhaenyra and Alicent knowg damn well won't happen ? Friends, is gay to ll your btie to ri a dragon wh you? It is wily believed that Rhaenyra’s future children are bastards, born to Ser Harw Strong fily, and not to may meet a few more LGBTQ character 'Hoe of the Dragon, ' as Laenor is a nfirmed gay character om Ice and Fire non, sexualy is pretty fluid the world.

HOE OF THE DRAGON INTRODUCED (AND PROMPTLY KILLED) A GAY CHARACTER

Wh Laenor already beg gay, wouldn’t be surprisg if Rhaenyra and Laenor’s sister wanted to explore a siar relatnship. And we all know how that 's no “gay” Game of Thron, bee this is a world of strict, heteronormative tradnalism. Thron' treatment of gays has been a long-standg pot of Vulture's Brian Moylan wrote of the Game of Thron season six fale back 2016, “gay characters on Game of Thron have met pecially bloody and ignom aths”.

The manner of their aths is appropriate for the anchise's unrelentgly bleak tone, but 's troublg that gay characters are still relegated to vic monstrative of 's queerns prumably isn't gog anywhere, so his characterisatn has plenty of room to breathe. “[Rso] noted a trend some film reprentatn where the gay man is prented only to meet an unhappy, punishg and often fatal endg, ” he wr, also evokg US amic John Clum's analysis of the trend on stage as “rualistic purgatn”.

HOE OF THE DRAGON TRODUC GAY CHARACTER AND FANS ARE ECSTATIC: ‘THE GAY ANGST IS PALPABLE’

It's not jt the gays that get the short end of the world of Game of Thron, but 's unsettlg that, even 2022, a roomful of wrers might still flt to the same of the Dragon is streamg on Sky and Now.

”After weeks of watchg Prcs Rhaeynyra Targaryen and Queen Alicent Hightower’s eply (and tentnally) sapphic-d relatnship terrate on Hoe of the Dragon, HBO’s Game of Thron prequel fally troduced s first nonilly gay characters durg Episo 5 (tled “We Light the Way”). Unfortunately, the “bury your gays” trope reared s ugly head shortly bulk of “We Light the Way" centers on Rhaenyra’s (Milly Alck) betrothal to her Laenor Velaryon (Theo Nate), which is hontly tame the grand scheme of the Targaryens’ ct clownery.

IS RHAENYRA TARGARYEN GAY HOE OF THE DRAGON?

Although his character is hted to be gay the Hoe of the Dragon’s source material, Gee R. How’s that for a “bury your gays” moment? In ntrast, Hoe of the Dragon shows Criston beatg Jofey to a bloody pulp while Laenor screams for his isn’t the first time that a Game of Thron adaptatn has unnecsarily upped the homophobia.

In the origal A Song of Ice and Fire books, gay character Loras Tyrell is serly jured while stormg Dragonstone durg a battle, but ultimately surviv. But the Game of Thron TV seri, he’s jailed and tortured for beg gay, all before gettg blown up alongsi his father and sister.

Hopefully, the remar of Hoe of the Dragon will handle Rhaenyra and Alicent’s (Ey Carey) plex, implicly queer fallg out better — and give Laenor and other Wteros gays better stori the the bt of what’s queer.

'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE

The gays of thron, if you of Thron, as 's more wily known, has always had a long history of killg pretty much everyone, y, but when me to LGBTQ+ characters, there was always a homophobic subtext that beme impossible to ignore. Well, y, but there rema specific exampl, even 2022, where the mistreatment and celty that queer people suffer grossly outweighs what happens to their straight of like real life, Hoe of the Dragon, a show where gays n fy all odds and live happily love together, but only for a scene or two, bee straight teasg (queerbag?

This is a fictnal world where homophobia don't have to be a, that don't stop Laenor om tongug his lover Ser Jofey Lonmouth every chance he gets...

NetflixJofey, overe wh the gay need to gossip, tells Criston that he's well aware of the knight's relatnship wh Rhaenyra. Kill the gays, by all means, but when the gay qutn is one of the first and only queer people on the entire show, murrg them such a cel, sadistic way rerc harmful, dated trop. Why should we feel anythg but rentment for a character whose securi led to such a specifilly homophobic form of vlence?

IS LAENOR VELARYON GAY ‘HOE OF THE DRAGON?’

A gay man, if you, and this isn't the first time that the Game of Thron anchise has pulled a stunt like this eher. HBOAnd y, that last sentence refers to yet another disproportnately cel ath for the gays, se you were 'd thk that Hoe of the Dragon would have learned more om the mistak that Game of Thron once ma, yet here we are still havg the same old nversatn aga 2022. That's not to say all hope is lost, Laenor surviv the outdated trop long enough to bee a fully realised character, there remas some spe to move past all this and embrace queerns beyond flash of peen the brothel or this tired 'Bury Your Gays' trope.

Hoe of the Dragon has troduced gay character Laenor Velaryon the most epic way possible. “We have a Black gay man on a dragon! “A strong gay character ridg a dragon!

We got our first bad ass gay dragon rir tonight! Laenor was lerally: be gay do crim while enjoy burng people wh Seasmoke… I LOVE HIM WKKSKSKW #Hoeofthedragon— karenofhoetargaryen (@karentargaryen) September 5, 2022. absolute highlight was seeg my favoure lil gay dragon rir?

GAME OF THRON SP-OFF HOE OF THE DRAGON PRAISED FOR SERLY ‘GAY VIB’

gay rights? The gays tonight said DRACARYS!

IS "HOE OF THE DRAGON" BURYG ITS GAYS?

The gay angst. The gays won this episo + Laenor.?